Deuteronomy 12:13

“Guard yourself so that you do not offer your burnt offerings in any place that you see,”

Deuteronomy 12:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 12:13, word by word

Guard yourselfהִשָּׁמֶרhishamer

take care

To watch out for oneself.

Where else “hishamer” appears
offerתַּעֲלֶהtaale

offer up

To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".

Where else “taale” appears
your burnt offeringsעֹלֹתֶיolote

burnt offering

A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.

Where else “olote” appears
placeמָקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “makom” appears
you seeתִּרְאֶהtire

see

To see with one's eyes.

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The context

12And you shall rejoice before YHWH your Elohim, you and your sons and your daughters, your male slaves and your female slaves, and the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

13 · This verse (above)

14but in the place that YHWH chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I am commanding you.

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